* Every known Gym that specializes in the Rock type has been the first Gym of its region.

* Every known Gym that specializes in the Rock type has been the first Gym of its region.

** Similarly, each of the Leaders of these Gyms have used {{p|Geodude}} as at least one of their Pokémon.

** Similarly, each of the Leaders of these Gyms have used {{p|Geodude}} as at least one of their Pokémon.

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*In the [[firstgeneration]] of Pokémon there were only two rock type moves which makes it the second most type that has the least words. Only [[Dragon(type)]] has less moves in the first generation, it has only one move.

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*In the [[FirstGeneration]] of Pokémon there were only two rock type moves which makes it the second most type that has the least words. Only [[Dragon_type)]] has less moves in the first generation, it has only one move.

Statistical averages

Overall

Fully evolved

Stat

HP:

74.52

Attack:

96.56

Defense:

119.12

Sp.Atk:

66.60

Sp.Def:

86.40

Speed:

54.28

Total:

497.48

Battle properties

Offensive

Defensive

Power

Types

Power

Types

2×

½×

½×

2×

0×

None

0×

None

Characteristics

Defense

The Rock type is rather risky defensively. Despite having an overall high Defense on average, its weaknesses to Ground- and Template:Type2 moves, typically physical in nature and rather commonly used, take it down a notch. The fact that, at best, its Special Defense is mediocre, combined with its weakness to the common Grass and Template:Type2 moves, greatly decrease its ability to defend. Double weaknesses among Rock-types are very common. Rock/Steel Pokémon are doubly weak to Ground and Fighting, two common powerful types. Rock/Water Pokémon and Rock/Ground Pokémon are doubly weak to Grass and the latter is also doubly weak to the common Water (along with an extra weakness to the powerful Ice.) The low Speed that many Rock-types have causes even further problems. Their resistance to Fire can now be made useless as many Fire types' movesets have been expanded in Generation IV to include Grass attacks (most notably SolarBeam).

Offense

Rock is one of the best types offensively. Being resisted by only three of the seventeen types, two of which are hindered by their own bad defenses and relative scarcity helps it a lot, and the fact that onlyfourPokémonout of 649 have a double resistance to Rock keeps its moves relatively effective. Double weaknesses to Rock are relatively common, mostly due to the many Bug-types having Flying as a secondary type, while the typically high-powered Ice- and Fire-types also do not fare well. As Pokémon of the three types that resist Rock typically can master Rock-type moves, this proves a quite versatile combination.

Contest Properties

When used in contests, Rock-type moves typically become Tough moves, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Cute.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 47 Rock-type Pokémon or 7.24% of all Pokémon, making it the tenth most common elemental type.

The user and its allies are protected from wide-ranging attacks for one turn. If used in succession, its chances of failing rises.

All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Trivia

If there were a hypothetical Pokémon of all 17 types, it would only be weak to Rock-type moves, due to the fact that there are more Pokémon types weak to it than Pokémon types that resist it, and that no types are immune to it.

In the first season of the anime and during much of Generation I, the Rock type was often wrongly assumed to be unaffected by Electric-type attacks. This was likely due to the fact that at the time, most Rock-type Pokémon were part Ground-type, and thus immune to Electric-type moves. However, the only non-Ground Rock-type Pokémon (the then five fossil Pokémon) were actually weak to them.

Coincidentally, Rock moves are super effective against four of the five types Grass is weak to, with Poison being the exception. Interestingly though, the Rock type resists the Poison type, being a good matchup for all of the Grass type's weaknesses.

Seven of the fifteen Rock-type moves (just under half) have the word 'rock' in their names.

Every known fossil Pokémon is part or solely Rock-type. This is most likely due to the placement of real fossils in rock formations, as well as the process by which fossils are created.

Every known Gym that specializes in the Rock type has been the first Gym of its region.

Similarly, each of the Leaders of these Gyms have used Geodude as at least one of their Pokémon.

In the First Generation of Pokémon there were only two rock type moves which makes it the second most type that has the least words. Only Dragon_type) has less moves in the first generation, it has only one move.